The Americans poster

The Americans

Created by Joe Weisberg

2013–2018

Set during the Cold War period in the 1980s, The Americans is the story of Elizabeth and Philip Jennings, two Soviet KGB officers posing as an American married couple in the suburbs of Washington D.C. and their neighbor, Stan Beeman, an FBI Counterintelligence agent.

First aired
30 Jan 2013
Episode length
48 min
Also known as
美国谍梦
Country
United States
Language
English
Writers
Angelina Burnett, Bradford Winters, Hilary Bettis and 13 others
Cinematography
Alan Caso, Alex Nepomniaschy, Dan Stoloff and 3 others
Music
Nathan Barr
Editors
Alan Cody, Amanda Pollack, Daniel A. Valverde and 4 others
Executive producers
Chris Long, Daniel Sackheim, Darryl Frank and 6 others
Producers
Adam Arkin, David Woods, Mary Rae Thewlis, Mitch Engel
Elsewhere
TMDB

Checking where it is showing…

Official Legacy Trailer · Watch on YouTube

  • Crime
  • Drama

How members shelved it

Nobody has logged this yet.

Cast

Seasons · 75 episodes

  • Season 1

    2013

    In 1980s Washington, D.C., KGB sleeper agents Philip and Elizabeth Jennings take extreme measures to continue their mission and keep their true identities hidden when Stan Beeman, an FBI Counterintelligence agent, moves in across the street from them.

  • Season 2

    2014

    Technological advances have escalated Cold War tensions to an all-time high, and Philip and Elizabeth face the growing threat of discovery. As their assignments grow more deadly, their family is in more danger, and their loyalties are tested like never before.

  • Season 3

    2015

    In season three, Philip and Elizabeth find themselves at odds over their daughter’s future now that the KGB is determined to recruit her and FBI Agent Stan Beeman has rededicated himself to uncovering the identities of the Russian spies.

  • Season 4

    2016

    Philip and Elizabeth are tasked with infiltrating U.S. biological and chemical weapons research. Stan and the FBI get closer to finding out who bugged Gaad's office.

  • Season 5

    2017

    In season five, the arranged marriage of Philip and Elizabeth Jennings grows more passionate and genuine in the midst of the escalating Cold War. Paige’s budding romance with Matthew, the son of their neighbor, FBI Agent Stan Beeman, further complicates matters since Stan – Philip’s best friend – remains the greatest threat to the Jennings’ safety.

  • Season 6

    2018

    In the sixth and final season, Philip and Elizabeth’s ability to protect their cover and family’s safety deteriorates. The Jennings struggle to maintain a smokescreen of normalcy, especially around their son who remains ignorant of the spies in his midst. With Gorbachev in power in the Soviet Union, the winds of change are sweeping through Russia and America creating new perils.

More like this